The Paper Planet - Stories About Paper, People, Ecology and the Transformation of an Industry
International Paper’s New Voluntary Sustainability Goals Fall Woefully Short of Real Leadership
By: Scot Quaranda, Dogwood Alliance
Added: May 16, 2012
This morning, International Paper, the world’s largest paper company, announced twelve new voluntary sustainability goals to be achieved by 2020. Rather than demonstrating leadership, the company failed to set meaningful goals that will have any significant impact on forests around the world.
Life is Full of Difficult (Paper) Choices – We Can Help
By: Joshua Martin, EPN Director
Added: May 15, 2012
Life is full of difficult choices. How to demonstrate your climate leadership with the high volume of paper your brand is printed on doesn’t have to be one of them. New resources published this week by a coalition of leading North American conservation groups can help.
Major Canadian Investment Firm Cuts Ties with Rainforest Destroyer
By: Shane Moffatt, Greenpeace Canada
Added: May 4, 2012
Canadian investment giant Mackenzie Investments announced today that it has ceased investing in Asia Pulp and Paper’s (APP) pulp operations linked to illegal logging and the clearance of endangered Sumatran tiger habitat.
Poets & Writers Magazine Featured in New Video about Eco-Publishing
By: Green America
Added: Apr 26, 2012
In the 3-minute video, Suzanne Pettypiece, Managing Editor of Poets & Writers Magazine, shares how her magazine transitioned to a body stock that contains a minimum of 90% recycled content with 30% postconsumer content and a 10% postconsumer recycled cover stock that is FSC certified, choices that set it apart from other periodicals, over 97% of which still use virgin paper.
North America’s leading eco papers are easy to find in Canopy’s new and improved Eco Paper Database
By: Neva Murtha, Canopy
Added: Apr 16, 2012
With so many mills making eco paper claims it’s essential that companies promoting sustainable brands choose and use eco papers that have earned the Environmentally Superior designation from leading environmental organizations.
April Featured Member: National Wildlife Federation
By: Suzanna Baum
Added: Apr 4, 2012
Suzanna Baum here again. I’m the Membership Coordinator with the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) and each month I bring you a new interview with a Featured member of EPN. This month’s member: the National Wildlife Federation (NWF).
The Sister Network Across the Pond
By: Mandy Haggith, European EPN
Added: Apr 4, 2012
In 2005, inspired by the EPN's vision, a coalition of NGOs formed to write a European version of the Common Vision for Transforming the Pulp and Paper Industry. There are now 55 non-governmental organisations signed up to the European Common Vision and the network has gone from strength to strength.
New Video from Dogwood Alliance: March Madness at the KFC Yum! Center
By: Scot Quaranda, Dogwood Alliance
Added: Apr 3, 2012
After 40 straight losing seasons, this year's biggest surprise in the NCAA tournament are the KFC Forest Destroyers. Will they continue their losing ways or adopt a more sustainable path to victory? Watch the trailer and stay tuned for the full story. Learn more @ www.kentuckyfriedforests.org
